Neal Slavin: When Two or More Are Gathered Together

In an era fraught with social, political, and digital unrest, Neal Slavin achieved what we fail to see even today: our strength and harmony in unity. By depicting the ever-evolving social life of America, Slavin highlights the significance of connection, which sometimes divides and other times binds us together.–Nilofer Khan “The Phoblographer”Reissue by Damiani of a legendary book published 50 years ago.– “The Eye of Photography”Slavin’s celebration of togetherness in an increasingly individualistic digital age feels especially relevant.–Deborah Nicholls-Lee “BBC”The last gasp of mutual belonging in this country might have been immortalized in the photographer Neal Slavin’s 1976 book ‘When Two or More Are Gathered Together, ’ now reissued with later images.–Walker Mimms “The New York Times Book Review”The resulting photographs possess rare animation and humor, the subjects’ self-arrangement adding an extra layer of revelation.–Cullen Murphy “The Atlantic”

Neal Slavin (born 1941) graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture. He has published three photobooks: Portugal (1971), When Two or More Are Gathered Together (1976) and Britons (1986). He directed and produced the 2001 film Focus, based off of Arthur Miller’s novel of the same name.